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Scientists discover the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption by humans.

Scientists reconstruct the seconds, minutes and hours following the dino-killing asteroid impact.

Farm union unveils plan to slash emissions and combat CO2 - but critics ask why no mention of meat?

Global Commission calls for trillions of dollars to help the world adapt to climate change.

The Global Commission on Adaptation - a group of 34 leaders in politics, business and science say the world urgently needs to be made more "climate change resilient".

Financier Victor Vescovo completes his quest to visit the deepest parts of Earth's five oceans.

The BBC asks former members of India's space agency what went wrong with its most complex mission.

The 9,000 animals culled to control cattle TB suffered terribly, says a former government adviser.

The world could be free of malaria by 2050, says a major report that sets out the road to eradication.

Marvel at some of the highly commended images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

People who took out large loans say the thousands of pounds in savings they were promised have not materialised.

Canada's Catherine McKenna says she has been the target of increasing abuse and threats.

If you were one of the millions watching BBC Parliament this week, here are some stories you may have missed.

Evidence suggests there may now be more of a future in enjoying whales in the wild than eating them.

Chandrayaan-2 was about to land near the Moon's south pole when contact with the craft was lost.

The UK volcanologist John Murray has painstakingly measured Mt Etna for half a century.

India aims to become the first country to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.

Diseases, fishing and plastic are some of the causes of whales and dolphins washing up on shores.

The number of women climbing the career ladder in science remains "disappointingly low", says a study.

Experts say the animals become agitated and go into the water, which could lead to them not returning.

India will try to land a rover on the Moon, but how will it get there and why does it matter?

Forest fires are raging in many parts of the world but are there more than ever?

Scientists hope a new test will help millions of people in Bangladesh avoid arsenic in their water.

The team that took the first ever image of a black hole announces plans to take a "razor sharp" full-colour video of the one at the centre of our galaxy.

A DNA study rules out suggestions that "Nessie" is a prehistoric reptile or a shark.

Two holes in the mighty predator's head may have helped it lose heat, according to scientists.

A massive environmental monitoring unit on the seabed vanishes, baffling German experts.

The ban, due to start in 2020, could have seen the end to incandescent bulbs which waste energy.

UK satellite company SSTL is taking pictures of the planet with the small educational computer.

Greenlanders talk about the impact of their country's giant ice sheet melting and what they can do about it.

A millipede-like creature from 550 million years ago is among the earliest examples of this.

The BBC's David Shukman returns to the Sermilik glacier that he last visited in 2004.

Endangered carnivorous plants are being reintroduced in an attempt to reverse their decline.

The massive ice sheet covering Greenland may have melted by a record amount this year, scientists say.

It is the first time physical evidence of the 1651 Battle of Worcester has been discovered.

Nasa's Artemis mission plans to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon.

The tsunami hazard from volcanoes that collapse into the sea may have been underestimated as a result.

Can the palm oil industry improve its impact on the environment?

Only a third of scientists are women but Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn wants young women to persist.

Migratory patterns have changed in the last 25 years according to a new study by Scots researchers.

Three full truck loads of dinosaur fossils ship out as scientists end their excavation season.

The number of cuckoos plummets but buzzards soar in warmer weather, ornithologists say.

After 33 years, Japanese fishermen are once again carrying out commercial whaling.

The Zoological Society of London said it was a "positive sign of the health of the ecosystem".

Make-up artist Emmy Burbidge travels to Papua New Guinea to discover the truth about what’s in her make-up, and find out whether there’s a sustainable way of producing the oil used.

One of the protest movement's founders says she was inspired after praying on a psychedelic retreat.

One-hundred years after the Forestry Commission was set up, a writer reflects on the creative power of trees.

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. How bad are they?

A report downgrades the reef's long-term health from poor to very poor due to climate change.

Scientists explore the home of a bat species that is confined to a single cave in Cuba.